<ul class="summary-list"><li>American boxer <keyword id="12169196" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="chris-ousley" source="Orion">Chris Ousley</keyword> is looking to introduce himself to a wider <keyword id="11922196" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="boxing" source="Orion">boxing</keyword> market Saturday.</li><li>The middleweight boxes on the undercard of the <keyword id="12153612" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="anthony-joshua" source="Orion">Anthony Joshua</keyword> vs. <keyword id="12153613" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="oleksandr-usyk" source="Orion">Oleksandr Usyk</keyword> event in London.</li><li>Ousley told us he is 15 months away from challenging the likes of Jermall Charlo or Tony Harrison.</li></ul>LONDON - Bullets fizzed close to Chris Ousley's head when he grew up on the unforgiving streets of Chicago's infamous South Side.A gun war between two rival gangs broke out in front of Ousley when he was hanging out with friends by a tennis court in a park when he was a teen.<a href="https://www.chicagotribune.com/sports/ct-spt-chris-ousley-boxing-chicago-haugh-20180822-story.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">The Chicago Tribune reported</a> that one of Ousley's friends was shot in the back. "He survived," Ousley told his local newspaper.It was not long before he left for somewhere safer - Madison in Wisconsin, 150 miles from where he was born."When you live by the gun, you end up dead or in jail, and you can only run yourself into the ground living the street life so I got out,'' Ousley told the Tribune."If it wasn't for <keyword id="11893855" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="100" keywordseo="sports" source="Orion">sports</keyword> or school, I'd have lived the street life. But I wanted more. I wanted to make my own lane.''Speaking to Insider this week, ahead of the biggest fight of his life on the Anthony Joshua vs. Oleksandr Usyk event at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium in London, Ousley maintains that Chicago remains his home.But he is becoming a man of the world, traveling across the US, vacationing in Las Vegas, and boxing in one of Britain's premier soccer stadiums. He fights the more experienced Khasan Baysangurov at middleweight.It was a visit to Vegas that changed Ousley's life forever. He was absorbing the mega-casino skyline, the swimming pools, the day-clubs, the night-life, and the energy. He wasn't even thinking about boxing.It was 2013 - a Floyd Mayweather fight week - and with his fight dominating the billboards and the neon across the city, boxing was impossible to ignore.Mayweather was days away from fighting Saul "Canelo" Alvarez. Ousley couldn't help but check it out, and that was all he needed to get hooked on the sport."My intention wasn't even to go to the fight, I was just vacationing. I happened to be around during fight time. The energy was just insane, and it made me think, 'Maybe, I should try boxing.'"<a href="https://www.insider.com/floyd-mayweather-american-fighters-futures-champs-2021-3" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Mayweather has been an inspiration</a> to numerous young athletes growing up, some of whom long to be signed by his fight firm Mayweather Promotions."He paved the way for generations to come," Ousley said.And it's not just about how he revolutionized the ways in which a combat athlete can make money, Ousley told us. It was also down to being a salesperson, and making boxing a household sport during his fight nights.<div type="image" title="Floyd Mayweather boxing" height="750" width="1500" msid="86490066" hostid="261"></div>"Next thing you know, 18 months later I was fighting on an Olympic stage at a trial, and turned pro right after," he said.Ousley was a quick learner. Though he'd left Chicago, those streets were still a part of him.His wife once asked him why he never wears flip flops outside, even when it's hot.He told her he's a sneaker-head, born-and-bred, just in case anyone wanted their blood-shed. You can't fight in flip flops, he said.He never wants to be put in a situation where he can't defend himself."I've always been a fighter. I'm from the South Side of Chicago, so you know I've always been a fighter. It came to me naturally." Ousley told us.<h2>Ousley steps up in class Saturday on one of the biggest stages of all</h2><div type="image" title="Manny Robles." height="1333" width="2000" msid="86490068" hostid="261"></div>Ousley's fame will grow significantly should he win in style this weekend.The man who has helped shape him is <keyword id="12167772" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="manny-robles" source="Orion">Manny Robles</keyword>, a California-based boxing coach famed for steering Andy Ruiz Jr. to the heavyweight title in 2019.Robles has been training Ousley for three years, "way before any hype," the fighter said. Robles taught him defense, being in position to punch, and being in position to defend. "He stresses that so much."Ousley added: "Beyond that, he has a stable of fighters that helps me, and so my sparring is top tier. That's why we're taking such a jump in competition here - because if I'm sparring top tier, why not fight top tier?"Robles told Insider that Ousley continues to learn day-by-day. He called him a natural athlete because of his background in American football.But the thing he's trying to teach him now, during fight week, is how to handle big events. "This is definitely the biggest stage of his career," Robles told us."I'm teaching him how to psychologically prepare for an event like this one, because he's never seen it before."I think he's ready for it," said Robles. "He's made progress in the gym, he's had very good sparring, good work, and it's led up to this moment."He's a boxer-counter puncher. But we're fighting in London now, in the UK, and so he's got to fight. He's got to take it to his opponent and prove to the fans, the world, that he's here, and will be here for a while."<h2>Ousley wants to oust Jermall Charlo from the division</h2><div type="image" title="Jermall Charlo" height="750" width="1500" msid="86490072" hostid="261"></div>Victory this weekend will open doors.Ousley is already mapping out his ideal career path, and though he's comfortable operating in the 160-pound middleweight division, he'd be happy taking fights at super welterweight (154-pounds), too.He called Saturday's bout "a mega fight" but is confident of winning, catapulting himself to the next level, and fighting for a legitimate world championship within 15 months.It would mean even bigger fights against some of the best boxers in America."I'll fight at 160 or 154," he said. "I'll take the fight with Jermall and Jermell Charlo, Tony Harrison, anybody. At the end of the day, I don't care about experience. If I did, I wouldn't have selected this opponent. I know I can fight."Against a Charlo or Harrison, it would be a good build-up, good promotion, a good fight," he said. "Harrison out of Detroit - I'm from Chicago. We can do a Chicago vs. Texas thing against the Charlos."Robles told us Ousley has been developing at such a high rate that he is "not far" from catching up to the level that the Charlos, Harrison, or Demetrius Andrade are operating at today."He's not far at all," said Robles. "It all depends on Saturday. It's not just winning, it's how you win. He's got to win, and look impressive. If we do that, he can move on to bigger and better things."Things that are considerably bigger and better than the threat of stray gunfire in Chicago, no doubt.

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<ul class="summary-list"><li><keyword id="12153612" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="anthony-joshua" source="Orion">Anthony Joshua</keyword> and <keyword id="12153613" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="oleksandr-usyk" source="Orion">Oleksandr Usyk</keyword> will engage in tactical warfare Saturday in London.</li><li>That's according to <keyword id="11922196" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="boxing" source="Orion">boxing</keyword> coach <keyword id="12167772" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="manny-robles" source="Orion">Manny Robles</keyword>, who tips Joshua to win by decision.</li><li>Robles also said Tyson Fury will beat Deontay Wilder, setting the stage for Fury vs. Joshua in 2022.</li></ul>LONDON - <a href="https://www.insider.com/category/anthony-joshua" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Anthony Joshua</a> defends his WBA, WBO, and IBF world titles against Oleksandr Usyk in London on Saturday, two weeks before Tyson Fury travels to Las Vegas for a WBC showdown with <a href="https://www.insider.com/category/deontay-wilder" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Deontay Wilder</a>.The heavyweight landscape could change rapidly in the coming weeks, with the stage set for a summer spectacle next year - a four-belt mega-fight that would generate $100 million paydays for those involved.For <a href="https://www.insider.com/category/boxing" target="_blank" rel="noopener">boxing</a> coach Manny Robles, though, that stage will be one shared by Joshua and Fury - the two boxers who have been linked with a super-fight for years.Robles is used to being around boxing's big men. He helped lead Andy Ruiz Jr. to a stunning upset win over Joshua in 2019, and is cornering the American middleweight Chris Ousley at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadum this weekend.Speaking to Insider, Robles said the various combatants around the world have helped inject the glamour back into boxing's iconic division, and that continues Saturday on Sky <keyword id="11893855" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="100" keywordseo="sports" source="Orion">Sports</keyword> pay-per-view in the UK, and DAZN in the US."I believe it's going to be a tactical fight and a great fight," the the California-based trainer said."Anything can happen in the heavyweight division because all it takes is one punch. But I think it will go to a decision, and I do believe it will be Joshua who gets that decision."On the 70,000 fans attending this weekend, at one of Britain's premier soccer stadiums, Robles said "the glamor is definitely back!"He continued: "With Anthony Joshua taking on such a big challenge in Usyk - the man who nobody wants to fight, and Joshua isn't running away from that type of opponent. You have to respect him for that."<h2>Expect the same outcome in Fury vs. Wilder III, Robles said</h2><div type="image" title="Tyson Fury and Deontay Wilder" height="1290" width="2000" msid="86483142" hostid="261"></div>As for the other elite heavyweight match on the horizon, one that sees Fury and Wilder fight for a third time, Robles said he does not foresee any surprises there.Fury won Wilder's WBC world title in February 2020 with a thumping knockout win in Las Vegas, having previously gotten up from the canvas twice to salvage a draw two years earlier.Wilder, an American puncher, has been hellbent on revenge, and even took his legal right to a rematch - as per the contract - to an arbitrator who ruled that Fury had to oblige his opponent for a hat-trick of matches. It takes place October 9."Wilder can crack, he can punch, and he can knock you out with one shot," Robles told us. "You have to give him that."The 35-year-old, Robles said, has made adjustments to his training team, brought in Malik Scott, and the pair have been working on his fundamentals."He's always depended on one punch and ever since he's taken defeat, he's realized he's got to go back to the drawing board to work on fundamentals, his jab, and his boxing skills."I'm eager to see what Wilder's going to bring to the table. But I think it's going to be the same outcome," Robles said."I do give Wilder an opportunity. Why? His power! But I still see Tyson Fury winning by decision or by knockout because he's got skills, and skills pay the bills."

Anthony Joshua will prevail in a tactical battle against Oleksandr Usyk, according to boxing coach Manny Robles

<img src="https://static-ssl.businessinsider.com/image/5dec4edafd9db204bb155ec3-2000/anthony joshua and andy ruiz jr.jpg" alt="Anthony Joshua and Andy Ruiz Jr." /><ul class="summary-list"><li>Andy Ruiz Jr. failed to defend his world titles, losing all the belts to Anthony Joshua in Diriyah, Saudi Arabia, on Saturday.</li><li>Ruiz Jr. rolled out the excuses at the post-fight press conference.</li><li>He told the media he was undertrained, overweight, and partied for too many months following his upset win earlier in the year.</li><li><a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/?hprecirc-bullet">Visit Business Insider's homepage for more stories</a>.</li></ul>Andy Ruiz Jr. and his team have excused Saturday's defeat to Anthony Joshua on being undertrained, overweight, and for partying for three months.Ruiz Jr. shook up the boxing world when he dropped Joshua four times en route to a convincing, dominant, seventh round victory at Madison Square Garden in New York City in June.However, the 30-year-old - Mexico's first ever heavyweight champion - failed to defend the world titles he won from Joshua earlier this year, as <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/andy-ruiz-beat-anthony-joshua-who-won-result-2019-12?r=US&amp;IR=T" target="_blank" rel="noopener">he lost them straight away, being defeated by a lopsided 12-round decision in Diriyah</a>, Saudi Arabia on Saturday, December 7."Me, my dad, and my team were talking … I should have listened to them," Ruiz Jr. said at the post-fight press conference."I think we started [training] too late. Three months of partying, celebrating, affected me. What can I say."I shouldn't have put on all this weight. I tried to do my kind of training on my own and I'm sorry to [trainer] Manny [Robles], my dad, I got too confident in myself."Ruiz Jr. recognized that he lost a wide decision to Joshua, but said he holds a victory, too. For Ruiz Jr. the scores are tied with one win apiece, and he wants a trilogy bout. "I know for the third one I'm going to be a lot better."He added: "There's a lot of responsibility being a champion of the world. I think the partying and all that stuff got the best of me. Next time it'll be a lot better."Read more:<a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/andy-ruiz-beat-anthony-joshua-who-won-result-2019-12?r=US&amp;IR=T" target="_blank" rel="noopener">A nervous Anthony Joshua exorcised his New York humiliation by outboxing Andy Ruiz Jr. to win his world titles back in style</a><a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/anthony-joshua-might-raise-middle-fingers-if-he-wins-2019-12?r=US&amp;IR=T" target="_blank" rel="noopener">If Anthony Joshua beats Andy Ruiz Jr. his promoter says he might raise his middle fingers to say 'f--- you' to all his haters</a><a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/deontay-wilder-says-anthony-joshua-avoids-him-2019-12?r=US&amp;IR=T" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Deontay Wilder says Anthony Joshua will keep avoiding him even if he beats Andy Ruiz Jr.</a><a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/ruiz-vs-anthony-joshua-fight-athletes-drug-use-eddie-hearn-2019-12?r=US&amp;IR=T" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Saudi Arabia's Andy Ruiz Jr. vs. Anthony Joshua fight is littered with athletes who have been busted for drug use</a><a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/andy-ruiz-and-anthony-joshua-fight-another-case-of-sportswashing-2019-12?r=US&amp;IR=T" target="_blank" rel="noopener">The $100 million Andy Ruiz vs. Anthony Joshua fight is 'masking a darker truth' in Saudi Arabia, and boxing is burying its head in the sand</a><a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/wladimir-klitschko-says-anthony-joshua-can-dominate-again-at-heavyweight-2019-10?r=US&amp;IR=T" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Wladimir Klitschko says Anthony Joshua should never have lost to Andy Ruiz Jr. and expects him to dominate once again at heavyweight</a><a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/andy-ruiz-knows-anthony-joshua-weakness-deontay-wilder-says-2019-11?r=US&amp;IR=T" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Deontay Wilder says Andy Ruiz Jr. has Anthony Joshua's weaknesses all figured out</a><a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/insiders-confident-anthony-joshua-will-beat-andy-ruiz-jr-rematch-2019-12?r=US&amp;IR=T" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Insiders are confident Anthony Joshua will beat Andy Ruiz Jr. in style the second time around despite 3 problems ahead of their first fight</a>

Undertrained, overweight, and partying for 3 months: Andy Ruiz Jr. rolls out the excuses after losing world titles to Anthony Joshua

<img src="https://static-ssl.businessinsider.com/image/5dea7e92fd9db27e3210f0ba-2400/andy-ruiz-jr.jpg" alt="Andy Ruiz Jr" /><ul class="summary-list"><li>Heavyweights Andy Ruiz Jr. and Anthony Joshua will meet in Saudi Arabia on Saturday in the biggest boxing rematch of the year.</li><li>Ruiz Jr. shocked the boxing world with a seventh-round stoppage in their first fight, taking Joshua's belts and undefeated status despite their shocking disparity in physique.</li><li>At the weigh-in on Friday, Ruiz Jr. proved that disparity would be even greater for their rematch, coming in at 283 pounds - nearly 30 pounds heavier than his trainer hoped he'd be for the fight.</li><li>Joshua weighed in at 237 - the lightest he's fought at in years.</li><li><a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/?hprecirc-bullet">Visit Business Insider's homepage for more stories</a>.</li></ul>A lot has changed since <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/andy-ruiz-jr-knocks-anthony-joshua-out-in-heavyweight-shocker-2019-6" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Andy Ruiz Jr. became an instant sensation in the boxing world</a> after his shocking TKO of then-undefeated British heavyweight champion Anthony Joshua in June.In the days before their first fight, Joshua, built like a statue, was the future of the division, and the rotund Ruiz Jr. was supposed to be a mere stepping stone on his path to a big-money fight against another top heavyweight, either Deontay Wilder or Tyson Fury.Instead, Ruiz Jr. took Joshua's belts, his undefeated record, and his status as the top fighter in the heavyweight division in one fell swoop.Heading into their rematch, Ruiz Jr. is the champion and to be taken seriously, while Joshua is fighting as the challenger for the first time in years. One other thing that has changed drastically - Ruiz Jr.'s weight.Ruiz Jr. entered the first fight against Joshua at 268 pounds - a high number, but largely forgivable since he had taken the fight on short notice, and, more importantly, won.In the build to their rematch, trainer Manny Robles insisted that his fighter would get down into the 250s with a full training camp, but on Thursday admitted that he would instead likely be closer to 268 again, per <a href="https://www.espn.com/boxing/story/_/id/28236723/andy-ruiz-balloons-283-pounds-rematch-anthony-joshua-slims-237" target="_blank" rel="noopener">ESPN</a>.At the weigh-in on Friday, Ruiz Jr. proved larger than his trainer expected, coming in at a whopping 283 pounds for the rematch. The mark makes him the heaviest champion to enter a title defense aside from Nikolay Valuev, who was seven-feet tall. Ruiz Jr. is listed at six-foot-two.After the weigh-in, Joshua, 237 pounds as of Friday, noted that the weight difference was significant, but exuded easy confidence nonetheless.The extra weight didn't seem to be a concern to Ruiz Jr. either, who chalked up his bulky build to a big dinner he had just eaten.Ruiz Jr. has not been shy about his love of food, <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/andy-ruiz-jr-snickers-sponsor-2019-6" target="_blank" rel="noopener">openly courting Snickers as a potential sponsor</a> during his post-championship press tour.Should he dominate the rematch like he did their initial fight, he just might get a deal.<ul class="read-more-links"><li>Read more:</li></ul><a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/anthony-joshua-might-raise-middle-fingers-if-he-wins-2019-12">If Anthony Joshua beats Andy Ruiz Jr. his promoter says he might raise his middle fingers to say 'f--- you' to all his haters</a><a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/deontay-wilder-says-anthony-joshua-avoids-him-2019-12">'They know what I possess': Deontay Wilder says Anthony Joshua will keep avoiding him even if he beats Andy Ruiz Jr.</a><a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/ruiz-vs-anthony-joshua-fight-athletes-drug-use-eddie-hearn-2019-12">Saudi Arabia's Andy Ruiz Jr. vs. Anthony Joshua fight is littered with athletes who have been busted for drug use</a><a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/andy-ruiz-and-anthony-joshua-fight-another-case-of-sportswashing-2019-12">The $100 million Andy Ruiz vs. Anthony Joshua fight is 'masking a darker truth' in Saudi Arabia, and boxing is burying its head in the sand</a><blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en">"He's a big lad. They should make a super-heavyweight division" <a href="https://twitter.com/anthonyfjoshua?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@anthonyfjoshua</a> reacts to weighing in more than three stone lighter than Andy Ruiz Jr ahead of their showdown on Saturday 📺 Book <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/RuizJoshua?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#RuizJoshua</a> 2 here: <a href="https://t.co/SYaXWxGiSx">https://t.co/SYaXWxGiSx</a> <a href="https://t.co/8Kel9tqBfu">pic.twitter.com/8Kel9tqBfu</a>- Sky Sports Boxing (@SkySportsBoxing) <a href="https://twitter.com/mims/statuses/1202959000574349313?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 6, 2019</a></blockquote><blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en">Just spoke to <a href="https://twitter.com/Andy_destroyer1?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@Andy_destroyer1</a> No problems with his weight. Said he had eaten dinner before he stepped on scale and he weighed in with all of his clothes on. Feels the bulk will help him.- Kevin Iole (@KevinI) <a href="https://twitter.com/mims/statuses/1202984097578012672?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 6, 2019</a></blockquote>

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